The effects of high fat diets and environmental influences on cognitive performance in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-161

  Winocur, Gordon ^a,b,c   Greenwood, Carol E ^d,e  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Environment; Learning; Memory; Saturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT INTAKE; LEARNING; LIPID DIET; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOYBEAN OIL;

EID: 0032933542     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00147-8     Document Type: Article

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